The Wall Street Journal-20080118-Corrections -amp- Amplifications
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Corrections & Amplifications
Graduates of Harvard University who go into finance earn 195% more than Harvard grads in other careers, or nearly triple the pay. Yesterday's Capital column incorrectly said they earn 195% of the pay of those who work elsewhere. In addition, the first name of Steven Kaplan of the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business was misspelled as Stephen in the column.
(See: "CAPITAL: A Source of Our Bubble Trouble" -- WSJ Jan. 17, 2008)
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U.S. airlines with $20 million or more in annual operating revenue together earned $7.68 billion in the first nine months of 2007. A graphic accompanying an article Wednesday about expected earnings for U.S. airlines incorrectly labeled airlines' net income/loss in recent years in millions of dollars instead of billions. In addition, Northwest Airlines Corp. is scheduled to report fourth-quarter results Jan. 29. The article incorrectly gave the date as Feb. 4.
(See: "Corporate Focus: Most Airlines to Post Quarterly Losses --- Industry Is Expecting Another Annual Profit; Tough Times Lie Ahead" -- WSJ Jan. 16, 2008)
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A spokesman for Prada SpA said that the Italian fashion company could launch its initial public offering of stock in either June or September of this year, but that a date hasn't been set. A Money & Investing article yesterday incorrectly said the IPO is scheduled for June.
(See: "Prada Will List Its Shares in June" -- WSJ Jan. 17, 2008)
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Southern California Edison Co., a unit of Edison International, uncovered and reported to regulators incidents of misconduct at the nuclear power plant and fired or disciplined seven workers. A Corporate Brief item yesterday incorrectly said federal regulators uncovered the series of safety and security problems at the plant.
(See: "Corporate Focus: In Brief" -- WSJ Jan. 17, 2008)
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